Cover: "Apache #10. Getting Water" from Edward Sheriff Curtis's The North American Indian. A picture made in early spring on the banks of White river, Arizona. The water bottle is the typical Apache one of basketry covered with Pinon gum.

Special Issue: Quirigua--Classic Maya CenterCover: Quirigua Monument 16 ("Zoomorph P"), dated to AD 795, perhaps commemorating the death of a local ruler, is often considered to be the finest stone carving created by the ancient Maya.

Special Issue: The Ancient Art and Craft of the LapidaryCover: Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1919. Necklace of gold, enamel and various stones from northern India, XVIII-XIX century AD, diameter of central pendant, 2 inches.

Cover: Photo courtesy of Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Acc. no. 1144. Attic red-figure bell krater, late 5th century BC. The scene shows a sacrifice before the idol of Chryse which is placed on a column behind the burning altar.

Special Issue: ArchaeometallurgyCover: Photos by Heidi Moyer and Nick Hartmann. The background image is a SEM photomicrograph of the micro-structure of a 12th-11th century BC steel bracelet from a burial cave in the Baq'ah Valley Jordan. Superimposed is the image of a 9th century BC low-carbon wrought iron sword from the site of Hasanlu in northwestern Iran, which, like the Baq'ah site, was excavated by the University Museum.